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Destry Rides Again (The Classic Film Collection)
by
Max Brand
Destry, young and reckless but no criminal, sat stunned as the judge pronounced him guilty. But he was innocent! He eyed the 12-man jury, then responded with words that would become legend in the little frontier town of Wham.
"Twelve peers? Twelve half-bred pups! Well, let `em think this over. When my ten years is up, I'm gonna call on `em. If they ain't in, I'm gonna leav
...moreMass Market Paperback, 304 pages
Published
February 24th 2009
by Leisure Books
(first published January 1st 1958)
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Recommends it for:
Diehard Fans of Pulp Westerns
Recommended to Lisa (Harmonybites) by:
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List
It's hard to choose, but I'd say Brand is a slightly more engaging writer than Western favorites Owen Wister, Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour, but if so, not by much. This is pulp writing, with way too many exclamation points trying to punch up cliched phrases and purple prose. The story focuses on Harry Destry--even he describes himself as "a waster, a lazy loafer, a fighter." What he comes across to me is a thug, happy to find any excuse to use his fists--and this is our hero.
He's framed for a tra...more
He's framed for a tra...more
What a surprise of a fun book! I think this is the first proper Western I've ever read and I loved it. Granted, it's no literary masterpiece, but I must say it was a blast to turn the pages.
This fast-paced story is about a tough rebel named Destry who is sent to prison for years, serving time for a crime he did not commit. Once out, he aims to seek revenge on the 12 jury members who sent him to prison. However, his mission isn't to kill but to find other unique ways as punishment and to make the...more
This fast-paced story is about a tough rebel named Destry who is sent to prison for years, serving time for a crime he did not commit. Once out, he aims to seek revenge on the 12 jury members who sent him to prison. However, his mission isn't to kill but to find other unique ways as punishment and to make the...more
Very disappointed with this book. Like Man from Laramie, I read this to compare it to the movie of the same title, starring Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Deitrich. Unfortunately, the only thing the two have in common is the title. The book is a fairly standard western, but with a nice twist: the hero, out for revenge, does not want to kill his opponents, he wants to destroy them in unique ways. It's actually the plot of almost every slasher movie out there. However, I am not that big a fan of wester...more
A simple, fun straight-forward Western with good guy running into trouble but in the end comes out ahead and wins his girl. This one was the start of Jimmy Stewart's career. Thanks, Tina and Harlan for sending it along to me!
Superb!
Destry has spent six years in jail for a robbery he didn't commit. Now, in plotting his revenge, he returns to town to rid himself of those who served on the jury. But death is too good for them. He has other plans. Wonderful and witty.
A great story about discipline, justice, and fear.
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Max Brand, one of America's most popular and prolific novelists and author of such enduring works as Destry Rides Again and the Doctor Kildare stories, died on the Italian front in 1944.
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Max Brand, one of America's most popular and prolific novelists and author of such enduring works as Destry Rides Again and the Doctor Kildare stories, died on the Italian front in 1944.
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